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elephant to the kangaroo; thou unscathed survivor of a thousand-and-one
vicissitudes by fire, field, and flood; thou glowing historian of thine
own superlatively glorious deeds: thou writer of books that make the
hairs of the children stand on every available end; thou proud king of
the Apingi savages of the equator; hail! we say.--_Utica Herald._

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ABBOTTS' ILLUSTRATED HISTORIES.

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HISTORICAL BIOGRAPHIES. By JACOB ABBOTT and JOHN S. C. ABBOTT. The
Volumes of this Series are printed and bound uniformly, and contain
numerous Illustrations. 16mo, Cloth, $1.00 per volume; Set in box, 32
vols., $32.00.

Cyrus the Great.
Darius the Great.
Xerxes.
Alexander the Great.
Romulus.
Hannibal.
Pyrrhus.
Julius Caesar.
Cleopatra.
Nero.
Alfred the Great.
William the Conqueror.
Richard I.
Richard II.
Richard III.
Margaret of Anjou.
Mary Queen of Scots.
Queen Elizabeth.
Charles I.
Charles II.
Hernando Cortez.
Henry IV.
Louis XIV.
Maria Antoinette.
Madame Roland.
Josephine.
Joseph Bonaparte.
Hortense.
Louis Philippe.
Genghis Khan.
King Philip.
Peter the Great.

For the convenience of buyers, these Histories have been divided into
Six Series, as follows:

I.

_Founders of Empires._

CYRUS.
DARIUS.
XERXES.
ALEXANDER.
GENGHIS KHAN.
PETER THE GREAT.

II.

_Heroes of Roman History._

ROMULUS.
HANNIBAL.
PYRRHUS.
JULIUS CAESAR.
NERO.

III.

_Earlier British Kings and Queens._

ALFRED.
WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR.
RICHARD I.
RICHARD II.
MARGARET OF ANJOU.

IV.

_Later British Kings and Queens._

RICHARD III.
MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS.
ELIZABETH.
CHARLES I.
CHARLES II.

V.

_Queens and Heroines._

CLEOPATRA.
MARIA ANTOINETTE.
JOSEPHINE.
HORTENSE.
MADAME ROLAND.

VI.

_Rulers of Later Times._

KING PHILIP.
HERNANDO CORTEZ.
HENRY IV.
LOUIS XIV.
JOSEPH BONAPARTE.
LOUIS PHILIPPE.

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ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S OPINION OF ABBOTTS' HISTORIES.

In a conversation with the President just before his death, Mr. Lincoln
said: "_I want to thank you and your brother for Abbotts' Series of